Presidents’ Weekend
I hope all my dear reader[s] appreciate the apostraphe [sic] in the title above. The Gates art installation in Central Park is hard to define. One way would be simply to say that it sucks. This is the only way. I yearned to walk through all 30 miles and 26 million dollars of […]
Philly Cheese Steak
I got the train from Queens into Penn Station, Manhattan, after a man in a wheelchair with two rotating puerto-rican and American flags on poles went through the carriage demanding money. All the free newspapers are very much against the New York bid, which is encouraging.
The new foodway here is ‘creole’, and i […]
Fame Academy
The Virgin Atlantic 747-400 craft had ‘back the bid’ painted on its side, which was pleasing. Inside, I was surprised to see how cramped the seats were, given that the last time I travelled Virgin was nearly 10 years ago, and was rather smaller then. The livery seems to date to an era of […]
To Win Blades…
These are the thoughts and links beamed by a blade winner from the Cambridge University Bumps competition. They will feature all sorts of things, to be duly refined.